Engagement Cancelled? Pay Back My 500,000 Taels First!

Broken off the engagement? Fine. First, repay the five hundred thousand taels my mother lent. Rumors in the capital said that the young lady of the Chongyi Marquis's household, newly returned from the countryside, was a good-for-nothing without virtue, talent, or beauty—a complete fool. Prince Zheng's heir fully believed it. He publicly broke off their engagement, then turned around to marry his cousin, the "First Beauty of the Capital." Everyone waited to watch her cry. Shen Qingli, unhurried, pulled out a yellowed promissory note and said flatly: "You can break off the engagement. Five hundred thousand taels—pay it back first." Dead silence filled the hall. The face of the Duchess o...